login in page doesn't redirect with CakePHP ACL

Question

I am following the CakePHP ACL tutorial http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/tutorials-and-examples/simple-acl-controlled-application/simple-acl-controlled-application.html

I have a controller called ImagesController that basically lets the user list all the images that have been uploaded. There are also actions such as "upload" and "delete" images.

I also have a UserController that has login and logout function.

My AppController.php looks like this

  1 <?php
  2 
  3 class AppController extends Controller {
  4     public $components = array(
  5             'Acl',
  6             'Auth' => array(
  7                 'authorize' => array(
  8                     'Actions' => array('actionPath' => 'controllers')
  9                     )
 10                 ),
 11             'Session'
 12             );
 13     public $helpers = array('Html', 'Form', 'Session');
 14 
 15     public function beforeFilter() {
 16  //       $this->Auth->actionPath = 'controllers/';
 17         //Configure AuthComponent
 18         $this->Auth->loginAction = array('controller' => 'users', 'action' => 'login');
 19         $this->Auth->logoutRedirect = array('controller' => 'users', 'action' => 'login');
 20         $this->Auth->loginRedirect = array('controller' => 'images', 'action' => 'index');
 21         $this->Auth->allow('display');
 22  //       $this->Auth->allow('*');
 23     }
 24 }
 25 
 26 
 27 ?>
~

My UsersController.php looks like this

<?php
  2 App::uses('AppController', 'Controller');
  3 /**
  4  * Users Controller
  5  *
  6  * @property User $User
  7  */
  8 class UsersController extends AppController {
 30     public function beforeFilter() {
 31         parent::beforeFilter();
 32         //$this->Auth->allow("initDB"); // remove this later
 33         $this->Auth->allow('login', 'logout');
 34     }
 35     public function login() {
 36         if ($this->Session->read('Auth.User')) {
 37             $this->Session->setFlash('You are logged in!');
 38             $this->redirect('/', null, false);
 39         }
 40     }
 41     public function logout() {
 42         //Leave empty for now.
 43         $this->Session->setFlash('Good-Bye');
 44         $this->redirect($this->Auth->logout());
 45     }
}

So now when I click on an action in images/index such as upload or delete, it sends me to user/login page but when I try to log in nothing happens, even though I have my redirect pointed to images/index in line 20. What gives?

Any beforeFilter() method in your UsersController that forgets to call parent::beforeFilter() maybe ? — nIcO
No I have parent::beforeFilter(); in my beforeFilter() UsersController. What else can it be? — CodeCrack

nIcO nIcO · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-09T21:09:27

Unlike Cake 1.3, in Cake 2, the login is not done automatically. This means you have to call $this->Auth->login() explicitely.

Have a look at the login() action in the tutorial. So far, you never perform the login, and that explains why you are not redirected.

login in page doesn't redirect with CakePHP ACL

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